Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 871 › Conversation 871-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Wednesday, March 7, 1973 · 8:20 AM–8:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The participants discussed the disposition of specific administrative items, though the exact nature of these materials remains unclear due to the lack of transcript content. The meeting concluded when the unknown visitor departed shortly before 9:00 am.
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NARA Description
On March 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 871-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 871-10
Date: March 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:20 am and 8:53 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
Disposition of items
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:53 am.Also recorded on March 7, 1973
- 871-001 8:12 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:12 am and 8:15 am.
- 871-002 8:15 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:15 am and 8:25 am.
- 871-003 8:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:53 am.
- 871-004 8:53 AM · 1 hr 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), William E. Timmons, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:53 am to 10:52 am.
- 871-006 11:41 AM · 51 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:52 am.
- 871-007 11:52 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rolf Pauls met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:52 am to 12:09 pm.
- 871-008 12:09 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:10 pm.
- 871-009 12:10 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Anne L. Armstrong, Barbara H. Franklin, Patricia R. Hitt, Jayne B. Spain, Julia Lee, Bernice L. Bernstein, Marguerite S. Chang, Janet Hart, Marilyn E. Jacox, Isabella L. Karle, Marjorie R. TOwnsend, and Jill Lee met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 871-010, March 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/871-010 (accessed October 6, 2026).